Coast Guard officials call the rescue swimmer’s June 25 death “a tragedy,” urging comrades to use stress management resources on base.
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Alaskans die from traumatic brain injury at twice the national average
According to a recent report, Alaska’s death rate from traumatic brain injuries is the highest in the nation.
Family says untreated pain, solitary confinement led to man’s suicide at Lemon Creek
Cook is the third person to die in Alaska Department of Corrections custody this year. And his death fits a pattern.
The unseen driver of Alaska’s record jail deaths: Suicide
The Anchorage Daily News obtained and reviewed Alaska State Troopers investigation reports and medical examiner records, and spoke with family members, advocates and prison officials. Here’s what they found.
Alaska Corrections head says 18 in-custody deaths in 2022 were ‘too many’
Commissioner Jen Winkelman told lawmakers that the Department of Corrections is working to reduce the number of suicides.
After her daughter’s death by suicide at JBER, a mother presses military for reform
Carey Harris Stickford is telling the story of her daughter’s death to highlight what she sees as major lapses in the military’s response.
Public health data shows 13 percent rise in Alaska suicides
According to the latest report, suicide “was the leading cause of death” among Alaskans aged 10 to 64 years old. From 2012 to 2017, Alaska has alternated in having either the first- or second-highest rates of suicide nationwide.
To prevent suicide, little words can make a big difference
Noatak is a northwest Arctic village of about 500 people that’s got a lot going for it. People look out for each other. Families go fishing, hunting and berry-picking, then share with neighbors. And within this community safety net, family ties help people who are considering suicide decide to live instead.
Building resilience through basketballs and berries
What makes a healthy community? What makes young people in a village thrive? The young people in Noatak have some good ideas.
Bill would let Alaska judges temporarily take guns from likely threats
Twenty-nine of the first 30 people who testified on the bill said they support it as a way of preventing suicides and homicides.